RANCHO BERNARDO: Power restored to most customers

Power had been restored to all but 20 customers in the Rancho Bernardo and Rancho Penasquitos areas after an outage that was initially reported as affecting 4,400 homes and businesses, according to San Diego Gas & Electric Co.'s website.

The utility's outage Web page said the outage started at 8:05 a.m. Thursday. Power was expected to be restored to the remaining 20 customers by 1:30 p.m.

Despite the website's initial report, a utility spokesperson said the outage was limited to 1,600 customers at its height.

Other communities affected included San Pasqual Valley, Del Dios and Lake Hodges, the website said.

The website said the cause was suspected to be "a problem in the underground electrical system."